Theker, a Barcelona-based AI robotics company, has raised $85 million in a fundraising round, it said on ‌Thursday, ⁠highlighting ⁠ongoing growth in the Spanish tech sector.

Theker says ​it develops robots which use AI to ​perform various tasks ⁠in ‌industrial environments.

​The ​fundraising round was ⁠led by venture capital firm ​CRV, while other companies ​involved included Samsung and luxury goods company LVMH.


The fundraising for Theker ‌comes a few months after Amazon ​said it ​would ⁠invest a further €18 billion ($20.7 billion) in Spain to expand ​its data centres and boost AI innovation.

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